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Intense Cage Fighting invades the University of Great Falls campus Dec. 5 as some of the best UGF alumni step into the cage to do battle with top mixed martial arts talent.

ICF Campus Invasion presents a 13-fight card with six of those fights featuring UGF alums, headlined by softball player Chea Hollis and basketball player Cody Vukasin.

“Most of them have never fought before ever,” UGF athletic director and wrestling coach Caleb Schaeffer said. “We’ve been really trying to get this event running for the past couple of years, and we were finally able to work out the logistics to have the event on campus.”

Cory Smith, CEO of 221 Industries, has teams from Spokane, Boise and Browning coming to Great Falls for this fight.

“We have Sean Isben fighting,” he said, “and he’s one of the head coaches in Great Falls so he’s making his comeback fight.”

Held in the UGF campus gym starting at 7 p.m., ICF Campus Invasion includes a full bar and food for spectators. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door and are available at the Sting Sports Bar, Alias Smith and Jones Pawn and Cody’s Cars.

All proceeds from the fight benefit the UGF athletic fund, and for $20 a ticket, spectators get a shot at a raffle for two tickets to a UFC event in Las Vegas and a $1,000 travel voucher.

“They are giving us all the proceeds for it,” Schaeffer said. “We are not sponsoring the event, it is a 221 Industries event that we are hosting, and they are donating all the proceeds back to the University of Great Falls.”

Schaeffer is excited about what the benefit event will mean for UGF athletics.

“This is one way we can improve our facilities. We just built a soccer field on campus. With how large our programs are, there are always needs,” he said. “That’s what makes it really special is that we have a supporter of athletics and UGF to give back.”